Page 349 - Implementation News Today

Implementing many of these programs. and you have to remember, if we dont pass these until next year, these programs take several years to implement. were not going to have universal child care available the month after we pass these bills. the same with all of the elements of the program. so, yes, there is a sense of urgency. we cant wait four years to start dealing with climate change. we cant wait four years to begin providing pre-k education to americas children. this to me is the most criti...

From republican politicians but not as much from actual republican businessowners or at least these -- the heads of these groups here. so, the implementation will be coming up, in the coming days. and as for that federal worker mandate, thats 75 days away so there is some time here. but why didnt the president do it sooner? they said that he was waiting for the fda to formally authorize these drugs here. so, hes always been resistant -- resistant to mandates. he, suddenly, is supporting them and...

Chamber of commerce and the business round table two of the biggest business groups here in washington support this move. they believe the government is giving businesses cover here to reach ultimate end goal of vaccinating workers. it is very interesting. we heard a lot of complaints from republican politicians but not as much from actual republican business owners or at leaf the heads of these groups here. the implementation will be coming out in the coming days. as for the federal worker mand...

Chorus trying to stop these policies, to stop these policies that are trying to stop covids? or is the administration actually on firm ground here? what should we expect as this fight starts? joining us now is jamal green, a constitutional law professor colombia university. professor green, thanks for making time. >> good to be here. thank you. >> first of all, let me ask you a basic approach here that by which i am looking at this is right. it seems to me as a non-lawyer and observer that both ...

Vaccination. i ad-- dont want to be talking about this a year from now. we dont get tough as we roll into the winter with schools open and kids unable to vaccinate. i worry the implementation wont get us where we need to be. >> people will be in close confines going into the winter. what about the ethics of allocating care and resources like icu beds? should someone who needs a life-saving cancer surgery have to postpone it because someone else refused to get vaccinated for covid? how are the de...

You will get a better grasp of what the penetrance of the infection is but thats something that is very clear and we will be doing that and thats one of the things the president is talking about. expanding significantly testing capability and implementation. >> the -- the los angeles, the second largest in the country, voted to -- just this evening to mandate vaccines for all eligible students, 12 and older. as you know, the fdas fully approved the pfizer vaccine for teens 16 and older. when do ...

People who are not demonstrably sick how widespread this virus is? >> well, the point youre making i believe anderson are we testing enough people without symptoms, and the answer is no. we all realize we need to do that more. and the moria test people youll get a better grasp what the penetrance of the infection is. well be doing that, and thats one of the things the president is talking about, expanding significantly testing capability and implementation. >> the los angeles school district, th...

Freedom. at the time with the johnson administration was actually most worried about, what serious critics and not just demagogues were worried about, was there would be a flood of new patients into americas hospitals, because old people, who previously could not afford to see doctor, now they would have health insurance coverage. they would be able to afford to see a doctor. so there are these worries that this new tie, this new flood of elderly patients suddenly accessing health services would...

There would be a flood of new patients into americas hospitals because old people who couldnt previously afford to see a doctor, now they would have health insurance coverage. they would be able to see a doctor. there were worries this new tide, this new flood of elderly patients suddenly accessing health services would swamp the nations hospitals. that was the sort of substantive concern about the implementation of medicare, and in the end that fear didnt really materialize either, but the worr...

Vaccination, using his leverage over the federal workforce. he had talked about encouraging vaccination among the federal workforce, by either requiring vaccination or allowing people to test out of it. now he is saying that federal workers and indeed federal contractors, they are employees, will have to be vaccinated. was anything we learned from the previous -- in terms of how to implement that sort of thing well? its a vast federal workforce, but it seems like it was on again off again implem...